Charter schools win in court

Charter school advocates Thursday trumpeted a new court decision as a legal victory for their side which could force Los Angeles Unified School District to offer campus space to every charter operator who requests it.Connie Llanos and Susan Abram in the Daily News.

The Los Angeles Superior Court ruling, which addresses only two elements of a larger legal challenge, was issued under a lawsuit filed by the California Charter School Association to enforce a state ballot measure designed to give more space to charters.

The suit centered around Proposition 39, approved by voters in 2000, which critics think was written vaguely as it states district facilities must be shared "fairly among all public school pupils, including those in charter schools."